Curtain-pole.



F. l. BISCHOF.

CURTAIN POLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.29. 19H.

nu l l I Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

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CURTAIN POLE.

APPLICATION FILED AuG.2B. |911- Patented Apr. 2, 191 8. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2WITNESSES UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

FRANK JOSEPH BISCHOF. OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

CURTAN POLI Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2. 1918.

Application filed .Ai-.gust 2.9. 191?. Serial No. 188.768.

To all who/li t muy once/'m Be it, linowz. that l. Firix'it J.liist'iior. a elli/.eu ot' the l'niieti Stans. and a resident of theeity of Detroit. rzountol 'aync. and State, of Mirhigan, l'nited Statesot America. have invented a new and Improve-.l (lurtain-lole7 of whiehthe following is t'nll. elear. and ezt-.tet description.

My invention has for its object to proiide a eurtain pole having a guidewith a slot, in its bottoni. a hanger extending npwardl f in the slotand provided with rollers rot-ata ly mounted at its sides for engagingthe guide at the sides of the slot. 4The guide is preferably mounted ina casing, having a slot through whichthe hanger extends.

.Another Vobject. O f the invention is to provide a hanger with eyesthrough whieh aii operating cord extends, the `eyes being being disposedunder-fthe cord between the ey'es to secure lthe hangei" at the eyes.This is ifnou'nted on a. plate slide le ingguid and which is held inplaceby means provided.

.Other objeets of theinventioii will appear I infwhieh the reerredformof my invention is described. In the' drawings siinilarreferencecharacviews, inwhich Figure 1 is spaced :apart anda wedge the A oord,`to f Y which is es, on the hanger in i the Pfollow ing spe itieiit ion,

ters refer to similar numbers in all the a longitudinal sectional viewshowing my curtain pole;

Fig., 2 s an inverted sectional plan view of Figfl;

Fi 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. i is au enlarged sectional view on the line vlL-1 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a view showing one hangers in elevation;

Fi r(3 is a sectional view of Fig. 5; V

Fig. 7 is a perspective view illustrating the plate having the wedgewhich is used iii eonneetion with the hanger;

F ig. 8 is a view illustrating the key whieh is used to operate thespring tongue of the plate; and

Fig. 9 is of Fig. 5.

of the on the line 6-6 a set-tional view ot the line 9 Si By reterrin; Ylo the drawingsl it will he een that :i `ruido itl is provided having:in inverted U-shaped portion ll :it its top :intl

' The guiditu is' u slot l?. at its iiot'ioln. disposed in a easing 13which has an iuverte-d U. hap.-d portion li in its top in which theU-shaped portion ll ot the guidi` is disposed. the easing 12' alsohavingl a slot 13 in itsl bottoni. .\n inverted U-shaped support 1G isdisposed with its sides at theI outer sides ot the U-shaped portion 1tof the easing 123 and iu the said U-shaped porA tions 1l. 1l and 1Gthere are registering oriiiees in which a pin 1T disposed. the said pin17 serving' not only to hold the easing 13 to the support 16. but italso serves to hold the guidel 10 in position in the easing 13.Extending through the slots 15 and 12 there are hangers 1S and 18, eachof the said hangers 18 and 1S having a bearing 19 in which a stud "20 isjouriialed, rollers 21 being mounted on the studO at the sides of thehangers, the said rollers 21 engaging the guide 10 at the sides ot' theslot 12 therein. lt will be seen that with this construction the hangersmay move froin one end of the guide to the other and that the rollers 21will assist in this movement while preventing the hangers from passingThe hangers 18 and through the slot 12.

de 1() to its 18'* extend up through the gui U-shaped portion 11.

Means are provided for securing an operating cord to the hangers 1Swhich I will now describe. llaeh of the hangers 18 is provided with twoeyes which are spaced apart. the said hangers also being provided withGuides Q-t iu which a plate 25 is slidably isposed, this plate .25 beingprovided with a wedge '2G which is disposed under the operating cord 22between the eyes i8 so that when the. plate 25 is moved upwardly it willforce the wedge Q6 upwardly and thereby press the operating cord 22against4 the sides ot' the upper portions of the eyes to secure theoperating cord Q2 to the, hangers 18. As a means of holding the plate 95in position when it has been nioved upwardly, as has been stated. lprovide the plate with :i spring tongue QT the end ot which is adaptedto engage the hanger 1S at the bottoni of an opening Q8 therein. lt willtherefore he seen that when the plate 25 has heen moved upwardly and theedge 'lti presses against the operating cord Q2 between the eres 23 tosecure the. operating eord relativeli to the, hanger. that the hotA loinof the `lpriny' tongue '2T will engage the hai-.grr 1R vt the bottoniot' the opening Q9. theeein to preve'nl :i downward nioveiuent ot' thepi-ite Ti uniii the spring 3l sob is pressed out oi the opening :J9 inthe hanger.

As a means of pressing (he spril'rg longue 2i' out ol' the opening4 2@ Iprovide a key 29 having u pin il() al its' ruil, *which lits an orifice3l in the plate The key 9 may be eniplo ,'el :1s4 illuslrnlcd inlluinitrd lines in Fig. V olA the drawings. and with this pin illinst-rieti iu llumilice, il may be used lo pri-.ss the spring QT freei'rom the opening QS .so that the pluie J3 may be pressed donnn'ardly,il' being possible lo press the said plate 25 downwardly by means of hclfelv it?) after (he spring tongue 27 has been moved free from theopening 2S. for the piu 30 which is in the orifice 31 will enable theoperator to conveniently press the plate 25 downwardly after he hasremoved the spring tongue 2T i'roni the opening 28.

The operating cord 22 is disposed around u pulley 37 at one end of thecasing 13, a guard member 3l being provided lo prevent the operatingcord Q2 from slipping oil' of the pulley 23. The pulley 3T and the guardmember 34- are held in place by u bolt 33, the said bolt 33 alsoextending through an opening in a bloclv 35, which is disposed betweenthe pulley 37 and the guide 10. The

guide 1'0. A U-shaped member 32 being inserted through an opening 36 inthe bottom of the guide 10 and aving one of its arms disposed above thebottom of the guide 10 and below the guard member 34, the other arm ofthe U-shaped member 32 being disposed below the bottom of the guide 10and above the block 35.

As has been stated, the bolt 33 which serves as a bearing for the pulley37, is disposed through the block 35 and through an openingin the guardmember 34. The bolt 35 is also disposed through openings in the arms ofthe U-shaped member 39. The operating cord 2Q is secured to one of thehangers 18 at hangers 18 apart. while the operating cord 22 may bepulled in the other direction to draw the hangers 18 in the direction ofeach other.

39 w ich is supported by a bolt 40, the said bolt 40 extending through ablock 41 disposed over the bracket 39 and through a U- shaped member 42which is disposed through an opening i3 in the bottom of the guide l()and which has one of its arms disposed above the bottom of the guide andits other arm disposed below the bottom of the guide.

hat I claim is:

1. In a curtain pole, a casing having an opening in its top and a slotin its bottom, a guide in the casing having an opening in its top and aslot in its bottom, a support having an opening, a pin disposed throughthe openings for holding the guide and the casing in position relativelyto each other and to the support, a hanger extending through the slots,and roller means mounted on the hanger and engaging the guide at thesides of the slot. therein.

n a curtain pole, a guide having a slot in its bottom and with its topbent upwardly to form a U-shaped portion, a casing in which the guide isdisposed and provided with an inverted U-shaped portieri at its top inwhich the U-shaped portion of the guide is disposed, a casing having aslot in its bottom, an inverted U-shaped support disposed with its armsat the sides of the U-shaped portion of the casing, registering orificesin the said U-shaped portions, a pin extending through the orifices, ahanger extending through the slots, and roller means mounted on thehanger and engaging the guide at the sides of the slot thereln.

' In a curtain pole, a hanger having an eye and guides, a cord extendingthrough the eye and a plate slidable in the guides and having a wedgefor pressing the cord at the eye for locking purposes.

In a curtain pole, a hanger having eyes spaced apart and guides, a cordextending through the eyes, and .a plate slidable 1n the .guldes In acurtain pole, a hanger having eyes spaced apart, a cord extendingthrough the eyes, a plate slidable in the guides and provided with awedge tween the eyes for pressing the cord at the eyes for lockingpurposes, and means for locking the plate relatively to the hanger.

In a curtain pole, a hanger having an eye and guides, a cord extendingthrough the eye, a plate slidable in the guides and provided with meansfor locking the cord at the eye.

T. In a curtain pole, a hanger having two eyes spaced apart and guides,a cord extending through the eyes, a plate slidable in the ,guides andhaving a Wedge disposed under the cord between the extending from theplate engaging the hanger at the opening for locking purposes.

8. In a curtain pole, a hanger having two eyes spaced apart and guides,a cord extending through the eyes, a plate slidable in the guides andhaving e wedge disposed under the cord between the eyes there being anopening in the hunger, u, spring tongue extending from the plateengaging the hanger at the opening for looking purposes, there beingregistering openings in the bottom of the hanger and the plate to whiche curtain pin may be attached.

9. In e curtain pole, e hanger having en eye and guides, a cordextending through the eye, a plate slidable in the guides and providedwith ineens for locking the cord et the eye, there being registeringopenings in the bottom of the henger and the plate to which :t pin maybe attached* 10. In u curtain pole, a guide having e. slot in itsbottom, n hanger disposed in the slot, rollers rotatably mounted at thesides of the hanger which engage the guides at the .sides of the slot,the hanger having two eyes spaced apart and guides, a cord eX- tendingthrough the eyes, and e plete slid- :xhh in the` guides Ifind providedWith :i Wedge engaging the oord between the eyes for pressing the cordat the eyes for locking purposes.

1l. In. :i uni-tuin pole, :i guide having a slot, a hunger disposed inthe slot and provided with at bearing, n stud journeled in the bearing.rollers mounted on the stud at the sides oi the hunger which engage theguides at the sides of the slot, the hanger having in eye, und guides, eoord extending through the eye, und e plate sliolable in the guides undprovided with e Wedge for pressing the oord et the eye for lockingpurposes.

FRANK JOSEPH BISCHOF.

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